Family in the road...
On my way back from taking my cat to the vet this morning I came across these guys on my road.
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MarkJFine wrote:Beats the family of vultures feasting on the dead deer in the ditch while on my run yesterday.
Eek! I can just imagine.
We have our fair share of turkey vultures around here, though the only time I actually see them chomping on something is when there is a small bit of roadkill, but nothing like a deer, or at least not that I've had the displeasure of witnessing. Still, rarely does a week go by during the summer where I don't see at least a few doing their circling thing, riding the thermals. Granted, it's getting later in the year so they're mostly gone now.
And they're one of the ugliest birds I've ever seen. 😬
Indeed. Lots of road kill this time of year. You can smell it festering as you run past the wooded areas.
I see a lot of wildlife while I'm out, but I can't stop my run to take any pictures. Last week there was a turkey and it's chick just wanderding about. Then there's often deer, foxes, and the occasional... BEAR!
MarkJFine wrote:Indeed. Lots of road kill this time of year.
You got that right! I was shocked by the amount on my drive to the vet. It's a country vet and it's about 20 miles from here, and the entire drive is "country" as well. I must have come across at least a dozen examples.
And the worst part was a skunk. I saw it on the way down and easily avoided it. On the way back, however, a vehicle coming in the opposite direction ran over it and threw a little bit of it up onto my Jeep. I couldn't really see it, but I could hear it when it hit. It was raining a good bit at the time, so it washed off, but the smell still stayed. When I got home I hosed the thing down as best I could, including the front grille and undercarriage, as the smell followed me all the way home. I'm so glad I had the driver's side window completely closed at the time.
I have to go back to get my cat either later on today or tomorrow morning, and I hope it doesn't still reek.
One second earlier or later and I would have been fine. Out of the entire trip, which was at least an hour's worth of driving... one second. SMH.
Though it's the best I could do, as I didn't notice them until they were already exiting, they paid me a visit...
They ended up going being the garage (behind the red Jeep) and over to a field. I tried to run over and head them off, as there are hunters out there today, but I was too late. Luckily, after looking it up, it's not turkey season! 🙂🙂🙂
That's pretty scary.
MarkJFine wrote:
Then there's often deer, foxes, and the occasional... BEAR!
Luckily, I've only seen bear when on my bike. I'm not fast enough on foot.
We also have coyote, but I've only heard them.
